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2 Kings 3:19-21
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19 You will defeat every fortified city and every important[a] city. You must chop down[b] every productive[c] tree, stop up all the springs, and cover all the cultivated land with stones.”[d]

20 Sure enough, the next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water came flowing down from Edom and filled the land.[e] 21 Now all Moab had heard that the kings were attacking,[f] so everyone old enough to fight was mustered and placed at the border.[g]

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  1. 2 Kings 3:19 tn Heb “choice” or “select.”
  2. 2 Kings 3:19 tn Elisha places the object first and uses an imperfect verb form. The stylistic shift may signal that he is now instructing them what to do, rather than merely predicting what would happen.
  3. 2 Kings 3:19 tn Heb “good.”
  4. 2 Kings 3:19 tn Heb “and ruin every good portion with stones.”
  5. 2 Kings 3:20 tn Heb “and in the morning, when the offering is offered up, look, water was coming from the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.”
  6. 2 Kings 3:21 tn Heb “had come up to fight them.”
  7. 2 Kings 3:21 tn Heb “and they mustered all who tied on a belt and upwards, and they stood at the border.”
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